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My favourite historical places: Professor Richard Alston

A policeman feels the full force of a blast in this illustration – from the 7 June 1884 issue of 'The Illustrated Police News' – depicting a Fenian attack on Scotland Yard. The Fenians' dynamite campaign of the early 1880s provoked a radical response from the British government. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The Victorian war on terror. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Last living British person born in 1800s dies

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Rebranding Rule: The Restoration and Revolution Monarchy, 1660-1715

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The other Elizabethan England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite historical places: Professor Peter Barry

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Poppy appeal loses out in trend for 'posh poppies'

The coffin containing the remains of Richard III. The skeleton of the king was discovered in 2012 in the foundations of Greyfriars Church, Leicester, 500 years after he was killed during the battle of Bosworth. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

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The discovery of Richard III's remains

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1914: Why Britain had to go to war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero: Robert Baden Powell (1857–1941). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ye olde travel guide: Caracas 1783. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American poet Ezra Pound, a major figure of the early modernist movement. (Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images)

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The march of the Green Shirts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beaumaris Gaol, Anglesey, Wales. The prison could accommodate up to 30 inmates under the so-called 'silent system', in which inmates slept in separate cells at night but worked and attended chapels and classes together during the day. (Ashley Cooper via Getty Images)

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History Explorer: 19th-century prison reform. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Money: The Unauthorised Biography

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First ever kangaroo and dingo paintings to remain in UK

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My favourite historical places: Professor Peter Gaunt

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Ancient mummies found in Lima suburb

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The Bava- Beccaris massacre?

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Britain and America

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Fictional places

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Were the pulverised bones of soldiers and horses who died at the battle of Waterloo sold as soil fertiliser?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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New website charts London's well-being across 125 years

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My favourite historical places: Professor Laura Gowing

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Revealed: the Houses of Parliament that never came to be

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The Conquest of the Ocean: The Illustrated History of Seafaring

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Should we rewrite Jane Austen’s classic novels?

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My favourite historical places: Professor Robert Bickers

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Who's the best-dressed Briton in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Diary of the judge who hated Hitler to be published for first time

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“Forbear wine and tobacco”: advice for 17th-century university freshers revealed

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